Saudi business delegation holds talks in Islamabad as PM hails Riyadh’s ‘unwavering’ support
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday hosted a Saudi business delegation led by Prince Mansour bin Mohammed bin Saad Al Saud, chairman of the Saudi-Pakistan Joint Business Council, as both sides held talks in Islamabad to expand trade and investment ties.
The delegation’s visit under the framework of the Saudi-Pakistan Joint Business Council will guide expanded economic cooperation and follows the Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement signed between the two countries on Sept. 17.
Speaking at a luncheon in honor of the delegation, Sharif praised Saudi Arabia’s “unwavering and eternal” support for Pakistan, saying the recently signed defense pact had formalized decades of strategic partnership between the two nations and opened the door to deeper economic collaboration.
“And the agreement which we have signed, it’s basically a formalization of our brotherly arrangements which were there in an informal fashion for decades and that has been formalized and I think since we are brothers and brothers has always come to help brothers and that is what this agreement all about,” Sharif said.
